A bridge has collapsed in Mississippi.
Seems like I'm stuck in Memphis for a while.
A bridge has collapsed in Mississippi.
Seems like I'm stuck in Memphis for a while.
We're not going to do that one.
We'll do the other one I wrote.
It's called
Memphis Has Got a Pyramid.
Man, Grump don't allow no guitar playing here.
Man, Grump don't allow no guitar playing here.
Well, I don't care what Grump don't allow.
I'll play my guitar anyhow.
Grump don't allow no guitar playing here.
Now Memphis has got a pyramid.
By the Mississippi, they keep it here.
Memphis got a trolley car.
They got Elvis with a brass guitar.
Memphis has got Beale Street.
Shake your hips and stomp your feet.
Memphis is the home of blues.
Yet Mississippi ain't heard the news.
Memphis got the Peabody Hotel.
They got a PM's trials with a story to tell.
Memphis got the Memphis Bell.
Well, it's another excuse for a t-shirt to sell.
Memphis got the Alamod.
Beat your feet and hear them thud.
Memphis is a friendly town.
That's why this Aussie's hanging around.
I'm hanging around.
Town fathers said in 54,
we don't want this guitar playing no more.
Here we are about 95. It's guitars keep Memphis alive.
It's alive.
Still many.
Memphis has got a pyramid.
By the Mississippi, they keep it here.
Memphis got Sun Studio.
They got a Polish guide with a folio.
Memphis got an Indian mound.
Tuesday it's closed and can't be found.
Memphis is a friendly town.
That's why this Aussie's hanging around.
I'm hanging around.
Town fathers said in 54,
we don't want this guitar playing no more.
Here we are past 95. It's guitars keep Memphis alive.
It's alive.
Memphis.
Memphis.
Memphis got a pyramid.
Memphis has got Beale Street.
Then there's Graceland.
Yeah, that's in Memphis.
Well, it's a friendly town.
That's why I'm hanging around.
Well, it's a friendly town.
That's why I'm hanging around.
Thank you very much.